li@athena.cs.uga.edu (Jialin li) (05/14/91)
Hello there. I am not a mac user, so I don't even know the names of files which are equivalent to pkunzip, zoo on pc. I have searched serval mac anonymous ftp places, but didn't know what I was looking for. Would someone please let's me know where and what should I look for to uncompress .hqx, .sit files? Thanks, Jialin
abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) (05/15/91)
Hi there,
I believe you will need "MacCompress" for ".hqx" files and
"StuffIt" for ".sit." If you need to unpack ".pit" files,
you will need "PackIt" also!
Hope that helps.
YOurs Sincerely,m
Kelvin
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rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) (05/15/91)
In article <1991May14.231135.17726@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes: >Hi there, > > I believe you will need "MacCompress" for ".hqx" files and >"StuffIt" for ".sit." If you need to unpack ".pit" files, >you will need "PackIt" also! > Stuffit will take care of the ".hqx" files, which are BinHexed. Look underthe decode Binhex menu. Other, I believe. -rich Richard Sucgang : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University (sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu; de slime god rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) (05/15/91)
In article <1991May14.231135.17726@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes: > I believe you will need "MacCompress" for ".hqx" files and >"StuffIt" for ".sit." If you need to unpack ".pit" files, >you will need "PackIt" also! .hqx files are BinHex 4.0 files. StuffIt 1.51 can decode these. .sit files are StuffIt archives. StuffIt 1.51 can decode these :-). .pit files are PackIt archives. StuffIt 1.51 can decode these, too. -- Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com ThinkingCorp@applelink.apple.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142 One of the flaws in the anarchic bopper society was the ease with which such crazed rumors could spread.
abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) (05/16/91)
Kent Boortz <boortz@sics.se> wrote: >NO, NO, NO,.... > >.hqx is BinHex format, you can decode it from StuffIt 1.5.1 (and I >belive StuffIt Deluxe). StuffIt 1.5.1 can also unpack .pit files. > >All that is needed is StuffIt/UnStuffIt > >Kent Boortz >boortz@sics.se > >.Z files needs MacCompress Oops! sorry, I messed up. In order words, get StuffIt 1.5.1. Thanks for the correction, Kent! --Kelvin Leung ========================================================== Kelvin / Internet: abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu Leung / or Kelvin.leung@dartmouth.edu / or abs0@northstar.dartmouth.edu ----------------------------------------------------------
scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart M Castergine) (05/16/91)
In article <1991May14.231135.17726@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes: >Hi there, > > I believe you will need "MacCompress" for ".hqx" files and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ No. MacCompress handles unix compress files (.Z). What you need is binhex 4.0. but see below.... >"StuffIt" for ".sit." If you need to unpack ".pit" files, >you will need "PackIt" also! > Stuffit Deluxe (commerical) Handles .sit (new and old) and I think .hqx and .pit files Compactor (shareware) handles .cpt, .sit (old style) and .hqx (I don't think it does .pit, but not sure.) Stuffit Classic (shareware), I'm not sure, it is a replacement for 1.5.1 below and I think includes most of the same functions with an improved interface -- I haven't tried it. I like Compactor. Stuffit 1.5.1 (shareware) handles .sit (oldstyle), .hqx and .pit The fact that there are two types of .sit file which are incompatible is a point of extreme annoyance and I think they should have come up with a new suffix for the new type. IN addition, there are various freeware tools Unstuffit (.sit old only) Unstuffit deluxe (.sit new and old) Extractor (.cpt files) Binhex 4.0 (.hqx) -- scasterg@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Stuart M Castergine "Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive." -- Bugs Bunny
) (05/17/91)
In article <1991May15.173156.7145@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes: > > >Kent Boortz <boortz@sics.se> wrote: > >>NO, NO, NO,.... >> >>.hqx is BinHex format, you can decode it from StuffIt 1.5.1 (and I >>belive StuffIt Deluxe). StuffIt 1.5.1 can also unpack .pit files. >> The draw back is that Stuffit is the slowest implementation of the BinHex decoder I have ever seen, and it cjokes about 60% of the time anyway. Get the Binhex DA or use compactor Pro. Compactor decodes Binhex much faster than stuffit, and opens stuffit archives much faster than stuffit. And it packs files smaller than stuffit. And it packs much faster than stuffit. And it work in the background, unlike Stuffit. (Stuffit CLAIMS to work in the bacground, but takes up to 1 hour to pack 1Meg of files in the bacground. Compactor is about 10-20 times faster). So my advice is avoid Stuffit like the plauge. Get compactor and you can unpack anything packed by the less enlightened, or from the net. You can open Binhex archives as well, and you will be spending a whole lot less time packing and unpacking files. Heck, I don't even allow stuffit archives on my board, they take too much room. Anything uploaded with stuffit is immediately unpacked and repacked with Compactor (usually at a space savings of between 2% and 25% (usually about 5-10%). -- | kreme@nyx.cs.du.edu |The Coven BBS (303) 777 2911 PCP via CODEN Stalr*nk too| |---------------------|100 Megs of storage. Areas for IBM/MAC/Apple. Games. | | Coming Soon: Zmodem, Supertac 7.0, HST 14.4K Modem! | | Currently Running on a PPI PM9600SA, V.32, V.42bis! |
bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) (05/17/91)
My personal total fave has been DiskDoubler, which packs almost as small as the others and is much faster. It also has a dandy Finder interface. Rumor has it that v3.7 will be available soon, and that this will add both faster and smaller compression algorithms, stand-alone archives, and support for stuffit and compactor archives. It works just fine in the background, and will support system 7 just as nicely as 6. All in all, an excellent product, and worth buying as opposed to sharing. bill coderre not an apple endorsement
KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (05/21/91)
In article <1991May16.230748.13747@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Name? I don't need no stinking name!) says: [text deleted] > >The draw back is that Stuffit is the slowest implementation of the BinHex >decoder I have ever seen, and it cjokes about 60% of the time anyway. Get >the Binhex DA or use compactor Pro. > >Compactor decodes Binhex much faster than stuffit, and opens stuffit archives >much faster than stuffit. And it packs files smaller than stuffit. And it >packs much faster than stuffit. And it work in the background, unlike >Stuffit. Are you comparing 1.5.1 or Classic? The problem with Compact Pro's un BinHex is that it needs the text before the "this file was ... BinHex 4.0" to be removed. Stuffit doesn't. BinHqx 1.02 (a DA is quick) though. Kevin Kevin Purcell | kpurcell@liverpool.ac.uk Surface Science Centre | Liverpool University | The journey is the reward.
johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (05/22/91)
In article <1991May16.230748.13747@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Name? I don't need no stinking name!) says: >The problem with Compact Pro's un BinHex is that it needs the text before >the "this file was ... BinHex 4.0" to be removed. Stuffit doesn't. > >BinHqx 1.02 (a DA is quick) though. DeHqx 1.5 by Peter Lewis is better than all three of these. It does batch conversions, it can strip out news headers; it will even let you save more than one series of comp.binaries.mac multi-part postings (in order) to the SAME text file for downloadings. Best of all, DeHqx is also FREE. See /info-mac/util on sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)